| Laura Durant's extensive resume includes film, voice-over work, and press publicity/photography along with nearly two decades of stage acting. She is represented by the Ford Robert Black Agency with a long list of film, broadcast and voice over credits. Recent film credits include The Governor (an official selection in the 2007 Phoenix Film Festival), Netherbeast Incorporated, starring Darrell Hammond, Steve Burns, Dave Foley, Jason Mewes, Judd Nelson, Amy Davidson and film legend Robert Wagner, and the award-winning Little Victim, with co-stars Robert Wagner, Lori Singer and Brian Ronalds. She is an Emmy-nominated co-host of the IFP/Phx television show SCREEN WARS on KAZ-TV. | ||
| Laura
is the driving force behind Durant Communications,
providing promotional support to actors and producers in Phoenix, AZ since 1997
but is probably
best known to thousands of cybercitizens as "DurantCom". Her website,
www.durantcom.com, is the most widely used
actor resource in metro Phoenix and is listed Acting
Is Everything: An Actor's Guide for a Successful Career in Los Angeles. The
DurantCom site posts local audition
notices as well as distributing them to an ever-growing listserve. Some
of the direct services she offers to actors are headshot
photography and the popular actor marketing consultation known as "The
Actors Toolbox" . Echo magazine film and stage critic Neil Cohen referred to her as a "Renaissance woman" and her myriad of talents were recently highlighted in a profile by Phoenix Downtown magazine Laura was named by The Arizona Republic as one of the "Movers & Shakers" among Valley theater women. A joint feature story by Arizona Woman magazine/The Arizona Republic business page named her among the Valley's "Women in Film". The AriZoni Awards organization honored Laura with a Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in keeping the Valley theater community connected. Most recently, an opinion poll conducted by Arizona Business Magazine listed DurantCom among the top ten marketing/internet companies in the state. Laura has been nominated as Arts Advocate of the Year by the Arts and Business Council of Greater Phoenix.
Laura is an instructor at Scottsdale Community
College teaching Advanced Television and Film Acting for the Theater
and Performing Arts department. You
can read more about Laura's film credits on www.imdb.com | ||
